“So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.”
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones stick out, which were not seen, describing the visible manifestation of illness in wasting away and the becoming prominent of bones, suggesting that serious illness transforms the sufferer's physical appearance dramatically. The wasting away suggests deterioration. The visible bones suggest extreme thinness. The verse emphasizes the physical visibility of suffering.
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